Captain Console

A graphic novel series about a boy who gains video game powers that he uses to save Los Angeles!

Okay, let’s just get this out of the way: Elijah Bolton was never quite your average kid. Even before he became even less average, he was living life as a wealthy 11-year-old African American boy in Los Angeles. He loves video games, dreaming of becoming a game tester. His father is a computer programmer, and his mother is a globe-trotting journalist, who made him become a kid reporter for the entertainment magazine The Monthly Arcade. Not exactly what he asked for, but it could be worse. But Elijah would get much more than he asked for when his mother, impressed with his journalism, bought him one of the most highly anticipated consoles of the year after a months-long wait. When he put his new game inside, he got exposed to strange electrical surges, which sucked him inside the Videoverse, the world of video games! These surges not only gave Elijah superpowers, but it enabled video game villains to leave their games for the real world! In order to thwart these villains from wreaking havoc on Earth, Elijah now dons the moniker of Captain Console, protecting both the Videoverse and the state of California from all kinds of evil! In the meantime, Elijah writes stories about the very superhero he has become for The Monthly Arcade, while keeping his identity a secret to everyone but those in the video game who forged his heroic alter ego. It couldn’t get any better than this – until he crosses paths with the vengeful developer that gave him his powers to start with!

Characters

Captain Console

An 11-year-old wealthy African American boy from the View Park−Windsor Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. He is a video gamer who leads a double life saving L.A. from evil while writing articles of himself as Captain Console for the video game magazine The Monthly Arcade to make it more interesting. He has the powers of flight, super strength, super speed, electrical manipulation, trans-dimensional travel to the Videoverse, and various video game-related powers.

Elijah Bolton

An 11-year-old wealthy African American boy from the View Park−Windsor Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. He is a video gamer who leads a double life saving L.A. from evil while writing articles of himself as Captain Console for the video game magazine The Monthly Arcade to make it more interesting. He has the powers of flight, super strength, super speed, electrical manipulation, trans-dimensional travel to the Videoverse, and various video game-related powers.

Donnie Sun

A Chinese American boy who moved from San Francisco and Elijah’s best friend. He is better at video games than skateboarding, and he is quite serious yet makes jokes to harmlessly tease others at the same time. He is also a little egotistical.

Gabriel Montero

A Mexican American boy who is one of Elijah’s friends. He is better at skateboarding than video games, and he loves to joke around, becoming the class clown. Overenthusiastic and goofy, he is also prone to getting scared.

Samantha McNeill

An Irish American girl who is Jennifer’s best friend and one of Elijah’s friends. She is an artist and writer who aspires to appear in a Hollywood film, and she motivates Jennifer to do more indoor activities.

Jennifer Makaio

A Native Hawaiian girl who moved from Santa Cruz, Samantha's best friend and one of Elijah’s friends. She is a surfer and swimmer who is part of Sunny Hills Middle School’s swim meet, and she motivates Samantha to do more outdoor activities.

Haylee Hopkins

An aspiring video game journalist whose father owns the video game magazine The Monthly Arcade. She gets hope for the magazine standing out from its competitors when she writes stories of Captain Console with Elijah. She is one of the toughest people Elijah has kept his secret from due to her assertive nature.

Heavy Artillery

An overweight video gamer and Captain Console’s biggest fan, who accidentally gets sucked into the Videoverse when he thwarts one of Lord Gameover’s schemes. He gains the ability to spawn any weapon from any video game, becoming the hero Heavy Artillery and Console's sidekick.

Cody Mitchell

An overweight video gamer and Captain Console’s biggest fan, who accidentally gets sucked into the Videoverse when he thwarts one of Lord Gameover’s schemes. He gains the ability to spawn any weapon from any video game, becoming the hero Heavy Artillery and Console's sidekick.

Ayesha Solomon

A new Ethiopian American girl in Elijah’s class from Little Ethiopia in West Los Angeles who becomes friends with Samantha and Jennifer, and Elijah’s love interest. Typically, he’s good at keeping his feelings to himself. She is convinced that there is more to the world and the universe than it seems.

Francine Hino

A Japanese American girl in Elijah’s class and Dr. Hino’s niece, who moved from San Francisco’s Japantown. She loves summer, and she would rather be sunbathing than be in Sunny Hills Middle School. She is one of the few people that knows Elijah’s secret, as well as one of the few people that are aware of the existence of the Videoverse.

Joseph Seanoa

A Samoan American boy in Elijah’s class. He is also a swimmer who is part of Sunny Hills Middle School’s swim meet.

Olivia Mendoza

A shy Argentinian American girl in Elijah’s class who moved from Florida. She loves winter, and she would rather be snowboarding than be in Sunny Hills Middle School.

Zachary Sparks

A boy in Elijah’s class who loves electronics, and a fellow kid reporter of Elijah’s at The Monthly Arcade, who sometimes helps Captain Console and Heavy Artillery with technology when neither of them can figure it out themselves.

Samuel Rockland

An African American boy in Elijah’s class who lives across his street. He has a talent for making sand sculptures, who loves going to the beach as a result.